There is a big discussion going on at Etsy at the moment. It's about the definition of handmade and the borders of an handmade business.

This blog has told you more about the bright sides of our business so far. And we don't plan to make you sad today and share all our worries, but it is a fact, that making a living from handmade is not possible for all kinds of handmade goods. It's a fact, that knitters on Etsy often only charge 2 US$/ hour and that our two woman full time business is still not feeding us fully, but instead giving us big sorrows about being able to pay our health insurance for this year. It's a hard thing, considering that we work almost double from what a normal employee does. But Nauli is a dream, our customers encourage us to go further and we don't feel, we should give up.

4.29.2012

A tweet woke us up this morning, so this is the international pinhole camera day! And me, a passionate pinhole photographer, don't join! I just realised, that I didn't went out with my tins, since I couldn't use the dark room at my former university anymore. Pinhole camera photos are pretty handmade, you know. They mean real analog pictures on paper... and they require a studio for processing the film and print the paper... A lot of experiments to be sure lighten right time and of course one tin per photo.
So, I just share some of my Hamburg pics with you, today.

Washi Tape Wednesday....Our little niece will come for a visit soon. We thought the ealier the better, and already made the door to her room ready. A real fast craft project. We need only some minutes to cut the Washi Tape and stick it on the door. One big advantage is that it can be removed easily when the next guest comes.

4.24.2012

A very special DVD Packaging for a very special photographer was on our working space a while ago. She came to us asking if we could make our Super8 Camera DVD Case with another camera. Sure, we can! We've shared part of the progress with you here, but then totally forgot to show you what we made from it.

4.23.2012

Last Saturday we went to the biggest Fleamarket in Bavaria. - It happens once a year at Theresienwiese, the space of the Oktoberfest. You probably can't imagine how big it is. We have been there from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and walked all the time. If you plan to visit Munich and love vintage stuff, you shoud definitely come around 21st of April...

We were hunting porcelain and - as usual found lot's of other stuff, too. Because we couldn't carry it by public transport, it's still at our uncles house and waits for pick-up.

Hopefully we have told you before. Nauli is a two sisters show, but honestly we couldn't make even half of what we do without strong support. How lucky we are, that we have two more sisters who always give a helping hand when we need them. Today one of them is celebrating her birthday and we let stacks of work alone and celebrate with her! We gonna leave now! Happy Birthday little sister, you are the best!

4.05.2012

... are these beautiful custom made naulicd cases in Summerflower teal with red linen and dark turquoise satin ribbon. They will make the beautiful packaging for DVDs with awesome wedding photos in UK. (Find ready stock at http://shop.nauli.de.)

We work with paper, with fabric, with yarn. This week we got new Italian paper. Carta Varese is one of our favourites. Its classic design is outstanding. It is durable and has a nice history. Our paper products should ideally last as long as furniture. What's more suitabe for this, than paper developed for lining furniture?

If you know something about printing, you know that dyeing colors have to be mixed and that mixing it is a challenge. Even temperature can influence the result. Like yarn and fabric paper is dyed in batches. Different from yarn the batch number is not written on the sheet. So every order can be a surprise, just like our satin ribbon or book linen. (Same words for other papers.)

Decorating Eggs with Washi Tape is fun. And not only we enjoy. Almost every visitor loves to be creative at the tea table, if the cake is already finished. Unfortunately we didn't take a photo again, but here you see an egg, which was left for us.